General
This is the term for a character's personal song that usually reveals their thoughts, feelings, or goals.
What is a character song?
This city is the setting for West Side Story
What is New York City?
This is the name of Dorothy's dog.
What is TOTO?
Maria becomes the governess for this family.
Who are the von Trapps?
Danny and Sandy attend this high school.
What is Rydell High?
Musicals combine these three major forms of storytelling
What are music, acting, and dance
The two rival groups in West Side Story are the Jets and these.
Who are the Sharks?
Dorothy meets these three characters on her journey to the Emerald City.
Who are the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion?
Maria uses this song to teach the children the musical notes.
What is "Do-Re-Mi"?
This is the group of girls that Sandy becomes connected with.
Who are the Pink Ladies?
A character may sing instead of simply talking because music can communicate feelings and emotions in a more powerful way.
What is to express emotion?
West Side Story was inspired by this famous Shakespeare story about two young lovers from rival families.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This famous song expresses Dorothy's desire for a better and more exciting life
Hint: Was her Character Song
What is "Over the Rainbow"?
This actress played Maria in the famous 1965 film.
Who is Julie Andrews?
This group of guys includes Danny and is known for its leather-jacket style.
Who are the T-Birds?
These are the five major parts that work together to create a musical.
What are story, characters, music, performance, and emotion?
Tony and Maria's relationship is complicated by the conflict between these two groups.
Who are the Jets and the Sharks?
The Scarecrow wants a brain, the Tin Man wants a heart, and the Cowardly Lion believes he needs this.
What is courage?
The story takes place in this European country.
What is Austria?
Grease uses music to represent the culture of this decade.
What are the 1950s?
When a character begins singing in a musical, the song can reveal their feelings, move the story forward, provide information, or do this.
What is develop the character?
This musical is especially important because it combines music, dance, drama, and serious social issues such as prejudice and violence.
What is West Side Story?
The story uses a major visual difference between Kansas and Oz to help show that Dorothy has entered a completely different world. What is the difference?
What is Kansas is shown in black-and-white/sepia while Oz is shown in color?
In The Sound of Music, music does more than entertain the von Trapp children. It helps Maria do this with the children.
What is connect with them and teach them?
Name two musical styles or influences heard in Grease.
What are rock and roll, doo-wop, pop, and rhythm and blues?